Clip for channel-irons.



P. G. MORGAN.

CLIP FOR CHANNEL IRONS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 10. 1909.

Patented Aug.30,1910.

PETER C. MORGAN, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

CLIP FOR CHANNEL-IRONS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 30, 1910.

Application filed July 10, 1909. Serial No. 506,991.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER G. MORGAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clipsfor Channel-Irons, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in metal clips for connectingchannel irons and more particularly channel iron studding used inpartitions of tire proof buildin s.

lhe object of the invention is to provide a clip of this character whichwill be less expensive and stronger than similar clips heretoforedevised for this purpose.

lVith the above and other objects in view, as will hereinafter morefully appear, the invention consists in the novel features ofconstruction hereinafter described and claimed, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure l is an elevation showing channeliron studding united by my improved clips; Fig. 2 is a similar viewlooking toward the opposite side of the same; Fig. 3 is a horizontalsection taken on the plane indicated by the line 33 in Fig. 1; Fig. 4:is a perspective view of one of the clips ready for application to thechannel irons; and Fig. 5 is a plan view of the blank from which theclip is formed.

In the drawings 1 denotes my improved clips which are especially adaptedfor uniting two channel iron studdings B. The clip is formed from asingle sheet or plate of metal and has a rectangular body portion 2which is disposed between the irons B and which is solid, as shown. Theplate or sheet forming the clip has its diagonally opposite cornersnotched, as shown at 3 in Fig. 5, and the ends of the plate are slitlongitudinally, as indicated at 4, so that long and short tongues 5, 6are formed at each end of the plate. These tongues are adapted to bebent around the flanges of the channel iron B, the two short tongues 6being bent around the inner or adjacent flanges of said channel ironswhile the long tongues 5 are bent around the outer flanges of saidirons, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. The two short tongues 6 are firstbent at rightangles from the body 2, as shown at 7, so as to form stopsagainst which the channel irons B abut and which serve to space saidirons apart. The long tongues 6 extend across the closed or connectingportions of the channel irons, as shown at 8, and are then bent at rightangles, as shown at 9, to engage the outer faces of the outer flanges ofthe channel irons.

The use of the invention will be readily understood upon reference toFigs. 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings and it will be seen by constructing theclip in the manner shown and described that it may be produced at a verysmall cost and will be exceedingly strong and effective. By arrangingthe fastening tongues in pairs and atthe opposite ends of the body ofthe plate, such body portion which is disposed between the two beams isleft solid and is therefore not weakened so that the device will beexceedingly strong. This peculiar arrangement of the tongues not onlyobviates the weakening of the body of the plate by the formation oftongues within it but it also enables the clip to be produced with aminimum amount of material and permits it to be produced at a smallcost.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is:

As an article of manufacture the hereindescrihed metal clip for unitingtwo channel metal beams, consisting of a flat, solid, rectangular bodyportion formed at diagonally opposite corners with the right-angularlyprojecting tongues 7, and at its other corners with the outwardlyprojecting arms 8 having the right-angularly projecting tongues 9, saidtongues 7 and 9 projecting from the same side face of the body portionof the clip and in parallel relation for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

PETER O. MORGAN.

Witnesses:

GEO. H. MATSON, J. J. ADDLEMAN.

